Effects of high-speed rail on intercity travels, utility and social welfare in urban agglomerations: A game-theoretic perspective

IF 8.3 1区工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS

Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.tre.2024.103800

Han Wang, Hai-Jun Huang

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Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of newly built high-speed rail on urban performances in terms of intercity travels, utility and social welfare by extending the two-city system into a representative urban agglomeration system consisting of a hub city and two peripheral cities. A framework based on the Cournot model with three interacted games is developed to characterize competitions among HSR operators in the system. Introducing HSR between peripheral cities decentralizes the intercity travel demands from the hub city to peripheral cities, and it does not always induce more that for the urban agglomeration. We find that “weight” on social welfare, substitutability, gross benefits ratio, HSR accessibility and frequency would differentially impact the hub and peripheral cities. Numerical examples and a case study incorporating all factors based on Central Plains Urban Agglomeration in China are conducted to illustrate the model, together with some policy implications.

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高速铁路对城市群城际旅行、效用和社会福利的影响：博弈论视角

本文通过将双城系统扩展为由一个枢纽城市和两个外围城市组成的代表性城市群系统，研究了新建高铁在城际旅行、效用和社会福利方面对城市绩效的影响。我们建立了一个基于库诺模型的框架，其中包含三个相互影响的博弈，用以描述该系统中高铁运营商之间的竞争。在外围城市之间引入高铁会将城际旅行需求从枢纽城市分散到外围城市，但这并不总是会为城市群带来更多的城际旅行需求。我们发现，社会福利的 "权重"、可替代性、总收益率、高铁的可达性和频率会对枢纽城市和外围城市产生不同的影响。我们以中国中原城市群为基础，通过数字示例和包含所有因素的案例研究来说明该模型，并提出了一些政策启示。

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Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review 工程技术-工程：土木

CiteScore

16.20

自引率

16.00%

发文量

285

审稿时长

62 days

期刊介绍： Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review is a reputable journal that publishes high-quality articles covering a wide range of topics in the field of logistics and transportation research. The journal welcomes submissions on various subjects, including transport economics, transport infrastructure and investment appraisal, evaluation of public policies related to transportation, empirical and analytical studies of logistics management practices and performance, logistics and operations models, and logistics and supply chain management. Part E aims to provide informative and well-researched articles that contribute to the understanding and advancement of the field. The content of the journal is complementary to other prestigious journals in transportation research, such as Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Part B: Methodological, Part C: Emerging Technologies, Part D: Transport and Environment, and Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. Together, these journals form a comprehensive and cohesive reference for current research in transportation science.